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The Witch of Lurago

L.H. Leonard (Goodreads Author)

4.13 · Rating details · 8 ratings · 5 reviews

Malatchee Mico confronts Tobias about betraying his trust. Determined to free his sister's son from captivity, Malatchee gives Tobias one chance to restore the balance or else leave Tallu forever. They will go to war in Philippeon together and drive the Laradian snakes into the sea. But with war comes sacrifice. Who will pay the price?

Mouse gets a name and meets her Reader ...more

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Published May 1st 2020 by Each Voice Publishing

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May 11, 2020 Seraphia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: action, adventure, drama, dragons, exciting, fantasy, fiction, kings, relationships, series

The Witch of Lurago is an epic fantasy novel that is third in the Rootstock Saga by L.H. Leonard. This book carries the story forward from where the first two books left off and continue to weave a series of characters and their stories together to show the characters are each in their own race against time. Some know that this race is in progress and are preparing for the fight that is to come, while others will find themselves caught unawares as it breaks upon them. The Witch of Lurago will br The Witch of Lurago is an epic fantasy novel that is third in the Rootstock Saga by L.H. Leonard. This book carries the story forward from where the first two books left off and continue to weave a series of characters and their stories together to show the characters are each in their own race against time. Some know that this race is in progress and are preparing for the fight that is to come, while others will find themselves caught unawares as it breaks upon them. The Witch of Lurago will bring about a shift that will see all their paths begin to crash together and converge.
The Witch of Lurago is the first book that I have read by L.H. Leonard. As I am an avid reader of epic fantasy novels this book piqued my interest. That being said, I have to warn my fellow readers of this – this book is not meant to be read as a stand-alone novel. If you are like me and have not read the first two books then I highly recommend that you start there so that you are able to follow the storyline and the weaving tales of the characters throughout. Now, if you ask, did I enjoy the story at least? My answer would be yes. There is quite a bit going on in this story, though I felt at times that the pace was a bit slow, that is probably more my fault since I had to focus more to piece together what was going on and who was who. I appreciate that each chapter is clearly marked and defined as to whom it will be about so that really helped as I read along. I was able to focus on that specific character, though sometimes I still didn’t follow totally what was going on. I think that my favorite though was little “Mouse” who becomes named.
I found her chapters the most interesting and the ones that pulled me along the most along with Dara’s chapters. Mouse intrigues me because of the dragon and the wolf who accompany her, but aren’t of this world? Here is a part of the fantasy aspect of the novel. They truly intrigue because my curiosity is piqued concerning their origins and their relationship with the small child. Dara intrigues me because his hindsight seems to be dogging him, and my curiosity behind the meaning of it pushes me to delve deeper into the story and also to take the time to go back and explore the previous books for answers to all my questions.
As I said previously, this book is not a stand-alone novel and really shouldn’t be approached to be read as one. You’ll find engaging moments that pull you deeper, but then you’ll also find yourself lost as you find that you don’t have the pieces to the puzzle to see the full picture that the author is creating with this series. There are a few editorial errors scattered here and there throughout the book, but there is nothing so egregious that it distracts/detracts from the overall storyline.
All in all, I am rating this book 5 out of 5 stars. The story is well-written and has some moments in it that even if you haven’t read the previous books will pull you in, but once the moment has passed you’ll be lost again. So, if you’ve read the previous books up to this point then I’m sure that you will enjoy this book. If you have not read them both first then I highly recommend that you go back and read them first before embarking on this book’s journey.
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May 12, 2020 Bookish Bullsh*t rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, ya

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

The Witch of Lurago, book 3 of The Rootstock Saga.

I will be copy pasting the whole book if you asked me what parts I liked. I was genuinely scared to pick this up, after book 2 disappointed me. I'm glad I'm wrong. I found Tobias's Arc starting here what I expected to start in book 2, it should have started in book 2 in my opinion.

I love how, Mouse finally gets a name. Her POV confused me in other books, but I ran along with it ...more

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May 08, 2020 Darren McGowan rated it really liked it

Entertaining

This greatly expanding saga keeps adding layers, while some stories come to end this time, others take on a more impressive role. We learn that this world is not what one would expect, while being watched from eyes in the sky. Reincarnation starts to play a role in a few characters, you start to question just who is in control of who. Most of the story is a build up to a major plotline, in that time new alliances are formed and kingdoms crumple. Although not very dark or gritty, I th ...more

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May 05, 2020 Kath Robertson rated it it was ok

I wanted to like this book , I found I couldn’t get past the first couple of chapters.
In the amount of book I read, I was confused with the amount of characters that didn’t seem to have any apparent link....I will go back to this book at some point, and try again, but for now it has been put aside..

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review

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Sep 19, 2020 Amy rated it really liked it

The Witch of Lurago is quite a bit different than what I am used to. I thought it was pretty good. I am giving it four stars.

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L.H. Leonard writes epic fantasy because she prefers imaginary worlds to dysfunctional real ones. She's been a technologist (computer geek and manager thereof) in the financial and media industries for most of her career, and sidelines as micro-publisher Each Voice Publishing. When getting paid doesn't matter, she's an animal rescuer, artist, almost-master gardener, and a surprisingly good cook.

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